![]() ![]() "BitTorrent Live is the platform that can turn large scale live streaming into a business model," Eric Schwartz, BitTorrent Live's vice president of media, said in a statement. It will include "subscription based, ad supported, and Pay Per View premium tiers." According to the company's release, the future of BitTorrent Live sounds a lot like a cable package. It will be fascinating to see if BitTorrent can make a name for its live product through either stability or its range of programming.īitTorrent seems to have cable and satellite TV in its sights as well. And, because the BitTorrent Pro Android app is new to the Google Play store, you can upgrade at a special introductory price. The news channels on the free tier are an interesting balance that includes live programming from conservative outlet Newsmax as well as OpenNews TV, which BitTorrent's release describes as "live video talk shows from the best progressive talk radio personalities." Leo Laporte's Netcast Network with its suite of more than 20 online shows will also be using BitTorrent Live.Īs anyone who's ever used a live-streaming service even once knows, none of them are perfect or stable. One of the sports-focused channels is Fightbox, which covers MMA and boxing. Several channels featuring live events are on board for the launch, spanning sports, news, and tech. The new service will be supported by BitTorrent's peer-to-peer livestreaming protocol, which the company said will make it as stable as over-the-air TV. It will be fascinating to see if BitTorrent can make a name for its live product through either stability or its range of programming While pre-packaged programming-think Netflix, Youtube, Amazon's streaming services for TV shows and movies-has benefitted from "enormous innovation" in the way it's distributed online, BitTorrent says "there has been very little innovation around the distribution of live video on the internet." In a release, BitTorrent emphasized that since the company's founding 12 years ago, it has "changed the way the internet works, and more than once." Now it's hoping to do that again by "fixing the way live video streaming works." Only BitTorrent's partners will be able to use the platform to stream. Its focus seems to be on professionally-created content, however, rather than the type of low-production value stunts Facebook Live is becoming known for. Product has historically been an underdog and the lack of appreciation and trust from others around the company definitely inhibits growth as well.However, the fact that it is hosting livestreams means BitTorrent Live will be competing on some level with YouTube Live, Twitch, and other live broadcasting platforms. I'd hesitate to put all the blame on them though - they are good, smart people. BitTorrent Live will still be using the same peer-to-peer technology that the company previously said would allow for large audiences to view live video with. Unfortunately, the Sr Managers of Product have little or no experience running and building product teams and don't seem to be making a strong enough impact to drive significant change. Management has made efforts to improve that situation. There's isn't much in terms of product processes, quality standards and vision. Because it's been overshadowed by Engineering, Product has struggled to develop and mature. They're often focused on the big, clever ideas but don't follow through with a good tight product or experience. Engineers don't always have the hands-on, nuts-and-bolts experience and social skills to efficiently build high-quality products. atorable-loader - Resolves Webpack import/require() of a file into a Webtorrent magnet uri. ![]() ![]() WebTorrentPlayer - High performance, no compromise video player for WebTorrent (source code) Storm - A beautiful torrent client for desktop. They've hired smart engineers but there are some downsides to a culture structured around innovative engineering: Live On Torrent - A free plataform to live streaming on browser. This is not a well-rounded or mature company. ![]()
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